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Speaker 1: So the Oscars are Sunday, and you'll see a little

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Speaker 1: promo during the Oscars for the American Idol preview, which

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Speaker 1: will happen after the Oscars. And it's just to me,

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Speaker 1: it's so exciting this year because there's a clip of

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Speaker 1: like me saying, Carrie Underwood is the next She's the winner,

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Speaker 1: not the next, Carry under The winner.

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Speaker 2: Is Carrie Underwood.

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Speaker 1: And then you see Carry Underwood at the table as

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Speaker 1: a judge on American Idol. There's just something that gives

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Speaker 1: me chills about that.

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Speaker 2: I love that full circle. Yeah, it's really crazy.

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Speaker 1: If I was never associated with the show, it's still

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Speaker 1: that is just a really unbelievable thing. Twenty years later,

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Speaker 1: she's a judge on the panel with Lionel Richie and

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Speaker 1: Luke Bryant. Another thing that has struck me about now

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Speaker 1: season twenty three of the show is that it's become

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Speaker 1: a little more international. The contestants from all over the

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Speaker 1: world are auditioning. A lot from Nashville, a lot from

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Speaker 1: different small towns around the country. Sure, but then they

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Speaker 1: are a handful that come from all over the world.

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Speaker 1: I brought one in. Now today you're gonna see who

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Speaker 1: is one of those contests and Sunny Tennant is all Sonny,

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Speaker 1: how are you, buddy?

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Speaker 3: I'm all good, Ryan, It's nice to say you again.

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Speaker 1: How's good to see you. All right, it's going on.

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Speaker 1: Let me see if they can guess where you're from?

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Speaker 2: This is my accent and guess yeah, UK for sure? Yes,

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Speaker 2: what part of the UK? London or outside of London.

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Speaker 2: Let's speak again, Liverpool.

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Speaker 3: So my name is Sonny Tennants and I'm from the UK. Yes,

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Speaker 3: you're right, but I've got a bit of an accent,

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Speaker 3: so I'm trying.

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Speaker 1: To give you Wales Manchester, go ahead, what's the correct answer?

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Speaker 2: Off with Manchester?

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Speaker 3: So it's actually Newcastle, which is very like the most

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Speaker 3: northern point of the UK, you.

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Speaker 1: Know Sharan's hometown and pub are you where? Do you

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Speaker 1: just tell us that.

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Speaker 2: That's what we know?

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Speaker 3: It's the other side of the country.

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Speaker 2: So where is ed Sheeran from? And then tell us

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Speaker 2: where you're from?

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Speaker 1: So Sonny, just curious, like how did you end up

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Speaker 1: coming to America to audition for America?

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Speaker 2: And I don't have this story evolved for you.

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Speaker 3: I mean I've been a fan for years of all

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Speaker 3: of the talent shows. Really obviously I'm a singer myself,

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Speaker 3: so I'm always watching and watching the talent, and basically

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Speaker 3: I got approached this year and I was I was

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Speaker 3: really happy about it, and I actually took a bit

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Speaker 3: of contemplation whether I was going to go for it

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Speaker 3: or not because I had a few things lined up

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Speaker 3: which you have to cancel and stuff. But honestly, like,

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Speaker 3: I'm so glad I was a part of this season,

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Speaker 3: like everyone from the producers behind the scene to all

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Speaker 3: the contestants, like, it was such an amazing experience. I'm

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Speaker 3: still on a bit of a come down now from

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Speaker 3: it all because I just loved it all man, And

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Speaker 3: it was great to meet you as all.

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Speaker 1: You were so polite. You know that you were so polite.

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Speaker 1: You were so gracious and polite with everything that happened. How,

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Speaker 1: I know you can't say too much, but how did

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Speaker 1: the experience feel to you? How are your nerves like,

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Speaker 1: how do you look back at it?

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Speaker 3: I have to say I didn't know what to expect

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Speaker 3: going in, but the nerves were real. Man. It's like

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Speaker 3: it's like, yeah, there's a lot of waiting around and

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Speaker 3: obviously performing for the Carrie Luke in Lionel, who are

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Speaker 3: legends and it's just the anxiety. I definitely felt the nerves,

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Speaker 3: but it's just about control in your voice through the nerves.

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Speaker 3: And yeah, I think I did Okay. I think people

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Speaker 3: are gonna be happy with the audition and stuff.

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Speaker 1: So Sonny comes in and sings a light essentially a

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Speaker 1: Linel song for his audition, which takes you.

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Speaker 3: Know why, Honestly that was like nerve rock and stuff,

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Speaker 3: but honestly honest. Even the judges, everyone's just so nice.

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Speaker 3: I can't say good things. I know I'm like sounding

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Speaker 3: very polite right now, but I can't lie. Everyone was

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Speaker 3: just amazing, you know what I mean?

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Speaker 2: And here it is. Listen to this. It's why easy.

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Speaker 3: No, I'm easy, like Sunday morning, right great?

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Speaker 1: Easy right there? Or we can't wait to watch it.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna love watching Sonny's story on American Idol Sunny Tenant.

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Speaker 1: There a special preview of Idol Sunday after the Oscars

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Speaker 1: and the whole season comes up.

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Speaker 2: That's March to night, ABC streaming on Hulu.

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Speaker 1: Sonny, we really love having you on this show and

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Speaker 1: I can't wait to see somebody.

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Speaker 3: Thank you so much, Ryan, all the best, Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Okay, take care, The nicest guy ever, truly, the nicest

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Speaker 1: guy ever.

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Speaker 2: Aw